Good morning, all. LOVE this art! Great stuff! I appreciate you sharing with us all.
Here is something that Susan wanted me to post for her (jazmin) so I will...it's a piece of colored pencil art that she found in an artist's blog...it really is quite amazing.
and the little bit of info that goes with it...
Still life based on Dutch master
March 10, 2008 by ranjini
I just completed this still life, its a tribute to the old dutch masters with a lot of dramatic lighting and shadows. I did a bit of reading before I started on this subject and also recieved a lot of insight from my artist friend/mentor Arlene Steingberg.
One of the most prominent things that the dutch masters followed was chirascuro- the contrasting effect of dark and light. Many Dutch painters drew inspiration from the art of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610), the great innovator working in Rome who made chiaroscuro the principal means of expression in his art. Pieter Claesz, was one of the most prominent painters in this appealing and still-popular genre and one of my favourites along with Willem Kalf & Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
This work is on pastel board too, I used some inktense along with my usual neocolor underpainting. I don’t seem to like them since I am not able blend in my pencils very smoothly over them with my brush. I don’t have a fancy camera that could catch a candle behind a distorted glass, so I had to do that from life. I learnt a lot while doing this piece and it was a lot of fun.
Still life with oranges - 24×13.5 - neocolors/inktense and cp’s
You know I can't post a link here but you can google these names and find it I'm sure. Not difficult. There is alot of great work there, I had a ball browsing through the other artist's work. Some of the other artists there are:
* Ann kullberg
* Arlene Steinberg
* Austin Maloney
* Bob Ebdon
* Gemma Gylling
* Holly Bedrosian
* Katherine Ellis
* Nicole Caulfield
* Paula Pertile Illustration
* Peggy stermer cox
* Wendy Prior
Very good stuff! Thanks Susan for bringing this info forward!
Kelly
Susan... you did such a GREAT job! He's so adorable! Thanks so much! :-x
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Awww the puppy image broke -- probably a space in the filename or too long a filename, knowing Photobucket.
I did some sketching in my sketchbook instead of on ACEO blanks, and did an entire page of hand studies. I started it on Thursday night and continued it today while Sascha and I watched "Walking with Monsters." The bottom left sketch is of my left hand holding the sketchbook, not a copy of one of Giovanni Civardi's lessons. The rest are from "Complete Guide to Drawing" by the Italian classical realist.
Then because we were watching "Walking with Monsters, I halted the video at the start of the second program when the giant spider was creeping up over the nest of hatching baby lizards and finally sketched the giant spider. I remember a photo reference posted here of a spider with similar huge colorful palps (in the show they're bright red). So here's my take on Mesothelae, a native of Kansas back in the Devonian:
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robertsloan2art -- original ACEO, OSWOA and larger artwork. A big part of life is recognizing that creativity is human. It's not limited to a special Talented few gifted and cursed by the gods to become high-paid superstars. Search on Robs Art for all my art listings.
Then because we were watching "Walking with Monsters, I halted the video at the start of the second program when the giant spider was creeping up over the nest of hatching baby lizards and finally sketched the giant spider. I remember a photo reference posted here of a spider with similar huge colorful palps (in the show they're bright red). So here's my take on Mesothelae, a native of Kansas back in the Devonian:
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robertsloan2art -- original ACEO, OSWOA and larger artwork. A big part of life is recognizing that creativity is human. It's not limited to a special Talented few gifted and cursed by the gods to become high-paid superstars. Search on Robs Art for all my art listings.
MAY! 
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julee_
Serial killers make the best neighbors. They're quiet, keep to themselves and, if they borrow your power tools, they always clean them before returning them.
Serial killers make the best neighbors. They're quiet, keep to themselves and, if they borrow your power tools, they always clean them before returning them.
Hello May . Good to see you. :)
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~ Susan
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I did this from one of Wendy's photos for use of her puppy, Buddy.
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~ Susan
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~ Susan
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May,
Did you see all the photos of him? Wendy made an album with them in it. I'm not sure if the album is here or in our other aceo group ( aceo yba) but you're welcome over there too :)
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~ Susan
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Fantastic Stuff everyone!!
That puppy is great Susan!
I haven't made very many dogs and I haven't ever tried to sell a paper sculpture dog on ebay... I wonder if I should try expanding into the dog market... Here are 2 of the 3 I have made... A pug and a boxer...
Matthew
Matthew,
Your paper dogs are great. Amazies me every time I see your art.
Thank you for commenting on the puppy. I enjoyed doing it and am making more from the photos Wendy put there for us to use. :)
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~ Susan
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Wow, Matthew those dogs are awesome. I like them both but the pug is my fav. Nice 3D effect.
Mack
